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Curriculum
MS Systems Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES (PIEAS)
NILORE, ISLAMABAD

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SEMESTER-WISE COURSE PLAN

SUMMARY

Spring Semester EE-501: Control Systems Design-I EE-502: Applied Electronics
NE-534: Introduction to Nuclear
Engineering
(Institutional Requirement)
Optional-1
Summer EE-510: Process Instrumentation Optional-2
Fall semester
EE-511: Digital Control Systems
Analysis & Design
EE-601: Control Systems design-II EE-529: Power Converter Design Optional-3
Spring Semester EE-697: Thesis Research Optional-4 Optional-5 Optional-6
Research Semester EE-697: Thesis Research
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SEMESTER-WISE COURSE PLAN



SR.NO CODE COURSE TITLE CrHrs STATUS CrHrs

Spring Semester
(Year 1)
1 EE-501 Control Systems Design-I 3 C
13
2 EE-502 Applied Electronics 3+1 C
3 NE-534 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 3 IR
4 XX-XXX Optional 1 3 O
Summer Session
1 EE-510 Process Instrumentation 3+1 C
7
2 XX-XXX Optional 2 3 O

Fall Semester

1 EE-511 Digital Control Systems Analysis & Design 3+1 C
13
2 EE-529 Power Converter Design 3 C
3 EE-601 Control Systems design-II 3 C
4 XX-XXX Optional 3 3 O


Spring Semester
(Year 2)



1 CMS-501 Communication Skills 1 IR
13
2 XX-XXX Optional 4 3 O
3 XX-XXX Optional 5 3 O
4 XX-XXX Optional 6 3 O
5 EE-697 Thesis Research 3 C
Research Semester 1 EE-697 Thesis Research 12 C 12
Total CrHrs 58
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DETAILED SEMESTER-WISE COURSE PLAN

SR.NO CODE COURSE TITLE CR STATUS PRE REQ
Spring Semester
Year 1
EE-501 Control Systems Design-I 3 C A basic course on Control Systems
EE-502 Applied Electronics 3+1 C Basic circuit theory and electronics
NE-534 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 3 IR NONE
EE-507 Stochastic Processes 3 O
Basic course in probability and Signals and
Systems
PAM-509 Numerical Optimization 3 O NONE
PAM-524 Linear Algebra 3 O NONE
Summer
Session
EE-425 Fundamentals of Robotics 3 O NONE
EE-426 PLCs and Industrial Automation 2+1 O NONE
EE-506 Embedded System Design 3 O NONE
EE-508 Computational Intelligence 3 O NONE
EE-510 Process Instrumentation 3+1 C EE-502
EE-526 Digital Design with Verilog HDL O NONE
NE-555 Nuclear Reactor Analysis 3 O NE-534




Fall Semester
NE-510 Nuclear Power Plant Systems 3 O EE-534
EE-511 Digital Control Systems Analysis & Design 3+1 C EE-501
EE-515 Advanced Digital Signal Processing 3 O
A basic course on Digital signal Processing and
Stochastic processes
EE-522 Pattern Recognition 3 O NONE
CMS-528 Project Management 3 O NONE
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EE-529 Power Converter Design 3 C NONE
EE-530 Special Topics in Systems Engineering-I 3 O To be defined by the instructor
EE-554 Digital Image Processing 3 O NONE
EE-601 Control Systems design-II 3 C EE-501
EE-616 Industrial Drives 3 O EE-529
EE-618 Robot Structures, Sensing and Perception 3 O EE-425
Spring Semester
Year 2
CMS-501 Communication Skills IR NONE
EE-544 Nuclear Reactor Instrumentation and Control 3 O NE-510
EE-602 Non-linear Control Systems 3 O EE-601
EE-603 Optimal Control Theory 3 O EE-601
EE-605 Robust Control 3 O EE-601
EE-606 Adaptive Control Systems 3 O EE-601
EE-607 System Identification 3 O EE-511, EE-601
EE-612 Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control 3 O EE-511, EE-601
EE-614 Computer Vision 3 O EE-554 or Equivalent
EE-615 Adaptive Signal Processing O
Signals & Systems / Digital Signal Proc., A
course in Probability
EE-620 Mobile Robot Task Planning 3 O EE-618
EE-625 Special Topics in Systems Engineering-II 3 O To be defined by the concerned instructor
EE-697 Thesis Research 3 C NONE
Research Semester EE-697 M.Sc. Thesis Research 12 C NONE
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Detailed Course Contents
EE-425 FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTICS
Course Contents
Kinematics; Dynamics; State variable representation and linearization of
nonlinear models; motion planning, motion control, trajectory planning;
mechanisms and actuation; Sensors; Robotic system architecture and
programming; mobile robotics, types and classification, localization and
mapping; kinematically redundant manipulators, parallel mechanisms; robots
with flexible joints; Programming in player/stage simulator; case studies:
PUMA560, RHINO XR3, SCARA, STANDFORD ARM.
Recommended Texts
1. Craig, J ., Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control, 3
rd

Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004.
2. Siciliano, B., and Khatib, O., (Eds.), Handbook of Robotics,
Springer, 2008.
3. Robert J . Schilling, Fundamentals of Robotics: Analysis and Control,
Prentice Hall, 2007.
EE-426 PLCs AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Course Contents
Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers; Ladder Logic programming,
PLC connections, Ladder Logic Inputs and Outputs, PLC Hardware; Input and
Output Modules, Relays, Logical Sensors, Sensor wiring, Presence detection
of Contact Switches, Reed Switches, Optical Sensors, Capacitive Sensors,
Logical Actuators, Solenoids, Valves, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Actuators,
Motors. Boolean Logic Design details; PLCs Operation, Latches Timers,
Counters. Structured Logic Design. State Based Design; Handling numbers
and data; Using PLC memory bits; Data handling using ladder logic functions;
Structured Text Programming; Function Block Programming; Analog Inputs
and Outputs, Continuous Control, PID Control, Serial Communication,
Networking, Human Machine Interface (HMI), SCADA and its use.
Recommended Texts:
1. Bolton, W., Programmable Logic Controllers: Newnes, Elsvier, 2009.
2. J ack, H., Automating Manufacturing Systems: Springer, 2010.
3. Collins, K., PLC Programming for Industrial Automation, 2009
4. PLC manufacturers Material in PDF (e.g., Siemens), Latest available.
EE-501 CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN-I
Course Contents
Review of modeling and analysis technique for control systems; Bode
diagram, Nyquist plot, polar plot, Nichols chart, Nyquist stability criterion,
relative stability, Modeling of different benchmark systems and related
transfer functions, Design of control systems using root locus techniques,
control system design by frequency response; lag compensation, lead
compensation, lag-lead compensation, PID controllers; tuning rules for PID
controllers, Two degree of freedom PID control, Fundamental limitations in
SISO control; sensors, actuators, model, error and structural limitations,
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industrial applications, remedies, Dealing with constraints; wind-up, anti
wind-up schemes, state saturation,
Recommended Texts:
1.Ogata, K., Modern Control Engineering, 5
th
edition, Prentice Hall, 2009.
2.Kuo B. C., Automatic control systems, 9th edition, Wiley, 2009.
3.Dorf R. C., Modern Control Systems, 11th edition, Prentice Hall, 2010
4.Goodwin, G. C., Control System Design, Prentice Hall, 2000.
EE-502 APPLIED ELECTRONICS
Course Contents
Operational amplifier basics; Basic circuits with operational amplifiers:
stability issues and dynamic limitations; Comparators; Precision Rectifiers;
Instrumentation amplifiers; Voltage regulators and regulated power supplies:
voltage references, 3- and 4-terminal regulators, switching regulators, dc-dc
converters; Digital and analog electronics interfacing: interfacing between
different logic families, interfacing between digital and analog components;
Optoelectronics: LEDs, displays; Digital/Analog conversion: analog
switches, sample and hold, multiplexers, analog to digital converters, digital to
analog converters; Analog filter design and active filters: Butterworth,
Chebychev, Bessel, elliptic filters, gyrator; Interference, shielding and
grounding: signal grounds, grounding between instruments, ground loops,
shielding; Data transmission; PCB design techniques;.
Recommended Texts:
1. Horowitz P., and Hill W., The Art of Electronics, 2
nd
edition,
Cambridge University Press, 1989.
2. Doebelin E. O., Measurement Systems application and Design, 5th
edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
3. Franco S. Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated
Circuits, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
EE EE-506 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Course Contents
Introduction to Embedded Systems; C8051FXXX/ARM series advanced
Processors Architecture, Memory Organization and Real World Interfacing;
Devices and Communication Buses for Devices Network; Device Drivers and
Interrupt Service Mechanisms; Program modeling concepts, Inter process
communications and synchronization of processes, threads and tasks, Real
time operating systems, case studies: programming with RTOS in Micro C
OS-I/RT-Linux/Windows CE
Recommended Texts:
1. Kamal, R., Embedded Systems Architecture, Programming and
Design, McGrawHill, 2008.
2. Tammy N., Embedded Systems Architecture, A Comprehensive
Guide for Engineers and Programmers, Elsevier, 2005.
3. Labrosse, J . J ., Micro C /OS-II, The Real Time Kernel, CMP Books,
2002.
4. Raghavan, P., Amol, L., Embedded Linux System Design and
Development, Auerbach Publications, 2006.


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EE-507 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
Course Contents
Review of basic probability; Conditional probability; Random variables and
transformations; Random vectors their transformations; J ointly Gaussian
random variables; Sequences of random variables: Laws of large numbers,
central limit theorem; Basic concepts of random processes; Special processes:
Gaussian, Markov, Wiener, Poisson processes, random walk; Random
processes in linear systems and Wiener filtering; Principles of Estimation
Theory; sample mean and sample variance; maximum-likelihood estimator;
Orthogonality principle, minimum mean squared error estimation and Kalman
filtering; Introduction to Bayesian estimation.
Recommended Texts
1. Papoulis, A., and Pillai, S.U., Probability, Random Variables and
Stochastic Processes, McGraw-Hill, 2002
2. Kay, S. M., Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using
MATLAB, Springer, 2005.
3. Stark, H., and Woods, J . W., Probability and Random Processes with
Applications to Signal Processing, Prentice Hall, 2001.
4. Gallager, R.G., Discrete Stochastic Processes, Kluwer, 1996.
EE-508 COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Course Contents
Basic concepts of computational intelligence; single-layer and multi-layer
feedforward neural networks; feedback and recurrent neural networks;
learning vector quantizer (lvq); self-organizing feature maps; radial basis
function neural networks; support vector machines; genetic algorithms,
genetic programming; fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, fuzzy neural networks;
swarm intelligence and ant colony optimization, hidden markov models.
Recommended Texts
1. Engelbrecht, A. P., Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, 2
nd

Edition, Wiley, NY, 2007.
2. Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., and Friedman, J ., The Elements of
Statistical Learning, 3
rd
Edition, Springer, 2009.
3. Zurada, J ., Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems. West Publishing
Company, St. Paul, 1992.
EE-509 NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION
Course Contents
Optimization theory; problems; unconstrained nonlinear problems, linear
equality constrained problems, linear inequality constrained problems,
nonlinear equality constrained problems, nonlinear inequality constrained
problems, methods; linesearch methods, trust-region methods, Newton's
methods, linear and nonlinear conjugate gradient methods, simplex method,
penalty function methods, barrier function methods, augmented Lagrangian
methods, sequential linearly constrained methods, Convex optimization,
sequential quadratic programming methods
Recommended Texts
1. Nocedal, J ., Wright, S. J ., Numerical Optimization, Springer Verlag,
1999.
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2. Fletcher, R., Practical Methods for Optimization, Wiley, 2000.
3. Bertsekas, D., Nonlinear Programming, Athena Scientific, 1995.
4. Daniels, R. W., Introduction to Numerical Methods and Optimization
Techniques, Elsevier Science Ltd., 1978.
EE-510 PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION
Course Contents
Measurement techniques and sensors for various process variables: length,
motion, angle, force, weight, torque, pressure, flow, temperature, humidity,
liquid level, time, frequency, etc; Properties of sensors: static and dynamic
response, calibration, sensitivity, resolution, repeatability, reproducibility,
size, weight, dimensions, fatigue life, reliability, errors, aging, pricing and
availability, system reliability, etc; Manipulating, computing, and
compensating devices: bridge circuits (ac/dc), amplifiers, integrators,
instrumentation amplifiers, modulation and demodulation, voltage-to-
frequency and frequency-to-voltage converters, grounding and shielding,
filtering; Dynamic compensation: pole placement; Interfacing with
microprocessors, Analog/digital inter-conversion; Data Transmission: analog
voltage and current, digital data, radio transmission, pneumatic transmission,
slip rings; Display: analog voltmeters and potentiometers, digital voltmeters,
XY plotters, oscilloscopes;.
Recommended Texts:
1. Doebelin E. O., Measurement Systems application and Design, 5
th

edition, 2003.
2. Bentley J ., Principles of Measurement Systems, 4
th
edition,
Prentice Hall, 2004.
3. Webster J . G. (Editor), The Measurement, Instrumentation and
Sensors Handbook, 1
st
edition, CRC Press, 1998.
4. Horowitz P., and Hill W., The Art of Electronics, 2
nd
edition,
Cambridge University Press, 1989.
NE-510 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SYSTEMS
Course Contents
Layout of nuclear power plants; Containment buildings; Prirnary containment
vessels; Structure of reactor core; and mechanical stress in various structures.
Description and analysis of power plant systems and components including
steam generator, steam dryer and separator, pressurizer, reheater, heat
exchanger, condenser, demineralizer, pumps, turbine, generator, cooling
tower; Auxiliary cooling systems. Fuel handling mechanisms; Control and
mechanisms; Radwaste systems; Electrical Systems; Reactor grid interface
and load following. Basic considerations in nuclear plant design; Components
of nuclear power cost; Economic comparison of nuclear and fossil fueled
plants; Dual and multipurpose nuclear plants; Future trends in nuclear power
cost.
Recommended Texts
1. Saito, T., (editor), Advances in Light Water Reactor Technologies,
Springer Science Publication, USA, 2011.
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2. Lamarsh, J.R., Baratta, A. J ., Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 3rd
Edition, Prentice Hall, USA, 2001.
3. Lish, K. C., Nuclear Power Plant Systems & Equipment, Industrial Press
Inc., 1972.
4. Rust, J. H., Nuclear Power Plant Engineering, Haralson, 1979.
5. El-Wakil, M. M., Nuclear Energy Conversion, International Text Book,
USA, 1982.
6. Pedersen, E. S., Nuclear Power, Volume 1 & 2, Ann Arbor Science, USA,
1978.
7. El-Wakil, M.M., Power Plant Technology, McGraw-Hill, 1984.
EE-511 DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Course Contents
Z-transform review and applications; Sampling, Quantization, and
discretization; Delta Modulation; Stability Tests; Digital control systems
analysis and design using root locus and frequency domain; Dead beat design;
Direct design method of Ragazzini; State-Space analysis; Different canonical
forms; Cayley-Hamilton Theorem; Stability in the Sense of Lyapunov;
Concepts of Controllability and Observability; Pole Assignment Techniques;
Design of Static State Feedback Gain matrix; Design of Full Order Prediction
and Current Observer; Design of Reduced Order Prediction Observer,
Minimum Order Estimator Design; Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control
technique; Bang-Bang Control; Design of Servo-System with and without
observer.

Recommended Texts:
1. Ogata K., Discrete-Time Control Systems, Pearson Education, 2
nd
Ed.,
2007.
2. Franklin, Powell, Digital Control of Dynamical Systems, 3
rd
Ed., 2005
3. Franklin, Powell, Feedback Control of dynamical Systems, Pearson
Education, 4th Ed. 2005
EE-515 ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Course Contents
Review of discrete time systems, digital filters, and filter structures; Multi-rate
digital signal processing fundamental: Basic sample rate alteration devices,
multi-rate structures for sampling rate conversion, multi-state design for
decimator and interpolator, poly-phase decomposition, arbitrary-rate sampling
rate converter; Multi-rate filter banks: Digital filter banks, Two-channel
quadrature-mirror filter bank, Perfect reconstruction two channel FIR filter
banks, L-Channel QMF banks; Parametric signal modeling and linear
prediction theory: Stochastic time-series models; Wold decomposition
theorem; Discrete Wiener filters: principle of orthogonality, normal equations;
linear prediction theory: forward and backward linear predictors and their
properties, Levinson-Durbin algorithm, lattice prediction filter; Spectral
Estimation: Parametric, nonparametric methods; Analysis of finite word
length effects; (Optional)signal-to-noise ratio in low-order IIR filters,
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Recommended Texts
1. Mitra, S. K., Digital Signal Processing, 3rd Edition, Mcgraw-Hill,
2006.
2. Hayes, M., Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, Wiley,
1996.
3. Vaidyanathan, P. P., Multi-rate Systems and Filter Banks, 1
st
Edition,
Prentice Hall, 1992.
4. Manolakis, D. G., Ingle, V. K., and Kogon, S.M., Statistical and
Adaptive Signal Processing, Mcgraw-Hill, 2000.
5. Haykin, S., Adaptive Filter Theory, 4
th
Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
EE-522 PATTERN RECOGNITION
Contents
Supervised and unsupervised classification and recognition, Feature
generation and selection: feature vectors, dimensionality reduction, principle
component analysis, independent component analysis, Fourier feature,
wavelet features, signal and noise subspace; Distance functions, measures,
metrics; Bayes decision theory; Parametric/nonparametric estimation of
probability density functions: maximum likelihood estimation, expectation
maximization, histograms, kNN classifiers, least square methods;
Linear/nonlinear classifiers; LMS, perceptron, support vector machines
(SVM); Kernel methods; Neural networks: multilayer perceptron, back
propagation, radial basis functions, competitive learning, vector quantization;
Template matching. Context dependent classification; Clustering; sequential,
hierarchical, fuzzy, probabilistic, possibilistic clustering, mixture
decomposition and expectation maximization, clustering using graph theory,
decision trees; Morphological clustering; System evaluation and cluster
validity;
Recommended Texts:
1. Theodoridis S., and Koutroumbas K., Pattern Recognition, 2
nd
ed,
Elsevier Science, 2003.
2. Shawe-Taylor J ., and Cristianini N., Kernel Methods for Pattern
Recognition, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
3. Hagan M. T., Demuth H. B., and Beale M., Neural Network Design,
PWS Publishing Company, 1996.
4. Leonard T., and Hsu J ojn S. J ., Bayesian Methods, Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
5. Bezdek J . C., Pattern Recognition with Fuzzy Objective Function
Algorithms, Plenum Press, New York, 1981.
PAM-524 LINEAR ALGEBRA
Course Contents
Basics of linear algebra: Gaussian elimination and matrices, two-point
boundary value problems, ill-conditioned systems, homogeneous & non
homogeneous systems, electrical circuits, matrix algebra, matrix inversion,
factorization, elementary matrices & equivalence, determinants and its
properties; Vector spaces: spaces and subspaces, four fundamental subspaces,
linear independence, basis and dimension, classical least squares, change of
basis and similarity, invariant subspaces, linear transformations, normed
spaces, metric vector spaces, metric spaces, Hilbert spaces, complex vector
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spaces and its properties; Norms, inner products, and orthogonality: vector &
matrix norms, inner-product spaces, complex inner product spaces, orthogonal
vectors, GramSchmidt procedure, unitaryand orthogonal matrices,
orthogonal reduction, discrete Fourier transform, complementary subspaces,
range-nullspace decomposition, orthogonal decomposition, singular value
decomposition, orthogonal projection, angles between subspaces; Eigenvalues
and eigenvectors: elementary properties of eigen system, diagonalization
bysimilarity transformations, functions of diagonalizable matrices, systems of
differential equation, normal matrices, positive definite matrices, nilpotent
matrices and J ordan structure, functions of nondiagonalizable matrices,
difference equations, limits, and summability, minimum polynomials and
Krylov methods; PerronFrobenius theory: Introduction, positive matrice,
nonnegative matrices, stochastic matrices and Markov chain.
Recommended Texts:
1. Meyer, C.D., Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra, 3rd
Edition, siam, 2000
2. Lay D.C., Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd Edition, Pearson
Addison-Wesley, 2006
3. Anton H. and Rorres C., Elementary Linear Algebra with
Applications, 9th Edition, J ohn Wiley & Sons, 2005.
4. Strang G., Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd Edition,
Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1988
EE-526 DIGITAL DESIGNS WITH Verilog HDL
Course Contents
Introduction, Basic Concepts; Hierarchy and Modeling Structures; Syntax,
Lexical Conventions, Data Types, and Memories; Expressions and Simulation
Mechanics; Gate Level Modeling; Behavioral and Register Transfer Level
Modeling; State Machine Design; Xilinx Synthesizer (ISE); Design and
Synthesis of Data path Controllers; Modeling Storage Devices; Architecture
of Digital Processors; Using Spartan-3E FPGA Kit with Practical Examples;
Debugging Verilog Models
Recommended Texts:
1. Micheal D Ciletti, Advance Digital Design with the Verilog HDL,
Prentice Hall, 2009.
2. Pong P. Chu, FPGA Prototyping By Verilog Examples: Xilinx
Spartan-3 Version, Wiley, 2008.
3. Vivek Sagdeo, THE COMPLETE VERILOG BOOK, Kluwer, 2002.
CMS-528 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course Contents
Introduction to management principles, Inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary
skill of a project manager; Project management vs. line management; Project
life cycle, different phases of a project life cycle, dynamic and static project
interfaces, integration and management of project interfaces; Team building for
a project; selection of team members, concept of skills inventory and
responsibility matrices; Project planning modeling, a five step-planning model,
strategic planning techniques, project planning facilitation techniques;
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Development of work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project; Project
networking techniques; Critical path method (CPM), scheduling, cost and
resource utilization techniques; Managing the project change, techniques to
manage the scope changes and baseline changes; Project control techniques,
formal and informal control, five-step model for project control, status reports
an reviews; Earned value management techniques, achievement monitoring and
accomplishment monitoring,; Supporting project management, software types,
training and administration techniques.
Recommended Texts
1. PMI, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide), 4
th
Edition, Project Management Institute, PA, USA,
2008.
2. Clifford F. G., Project Management: The Managerial Process, 3
rd

Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Co., USA, 2006.
3. Knutson, J ., and Bitz, I., Project Management, AMACOM
Publishers., USA, 1993.
4. Ruskin, M. A., and Estes W. E., What Every Engineer Should Know
About Project Management, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1982. (available in
PIEAS library)
5. David, I. C., and King, W. R., Project Management Handbook, Van
Nostrand Reinhold Publishers, USA, 1990.
6. Lundy, J . L., TEAMS (Together Each Achieves More Success),
Dartnel Publishers, Chicago, USA, 1994. (Reference Book).

EE-529 POWER CONVERTER DESIGN
Course Contents
Introduction; Steady State Converter Analysis & Modeling; Switch
Realization; Converter Circuits: Circuit Manipulations; Transformer Isolation;
Converter Evaluation & Design; AC Modeling: State-Space Averaging;
Canonical Circuit Model; Converter Transfer Functions; Stability; Regulator
Design; Case Study; Measurement Of Loop Gains; Discontinuous Mode
Equivalent Circuit; Current Programmed Control; Magnetics Theory; Filter
Inductor Design: Types& BH-Loops; Design Constraints & Design
Procedure; Transformer Design: Design Procedure & Basic Constraints; AC
Inductor Design; Case Studies; Modern Rectifiers & Power System
Harmonics: Line-Commutated Rectifiers; Low Harmonic Rectifier Modeling
And Control; Resonant Converters: Resonant Conversion; Quasi-Resonant
Converters; Case Studies.
Recommended Texts:
1. Mohan.N, Undeland.T, and W. Robbins. Power Electronics,
Converters, Applications, and Design, J ohn Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2002.
2. Erickson.R.W, Maksimovic.D, Fundamentals of Power Electronics,
Springer; 2nd edition,2001
3. Ramrez. H.S & Ortigoza.R.S, Control Design Techniques in Power
Electronics Devices, Springer, 2002.
4. Mohan.N, First Course on Power Electronics and Drives, Mohan,
MNPERE, 2003.
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5. Luo.F.L ,Hong and Rashid.M, Digital Power Electronics and
Applications, Elsevier, 2005
EE-530 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - I
This is a course on advanced topics not already covered in the syllabus. The
special paper may be conducted as a lecture course or as an independent study
course. The topic and contents of the course must be approved by the faculty.
NE-534 INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Course Contents
Role and importance of nuclear energy; Nuclear cross-sections. Reaction
rates; Nuclear fission and chain reaction; Criticality conditions; Conversion
and breeding, Reactor components and their characteristics; Classification and
design features of research, production, and power reactors, Introduction to
fast and fusion reactor systems; Different types of fuel cycles; Core and feed-
material preparations; Uranium enrichment; Fabrication of fuel; Reprocessing
of irradiated fuel; Process waste disposal. Reactor fuel requirements; Burn up
studies of nuclear fuels; Radiation units; Standards of radiation protection;
Calculation of exposure and dose, Health physics instruments for personal
Dosimetry and environmental surveillance, Nuclear instrumentation module
used with various radiation detectors.
References:
1. Lamarsh, J .R, and Baratta A.,J . Introduction to Nuclear
Engineering, 3
rd
edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
2. Glasstone, S. and A. Sesonske, Nuclear Reactor Engineering, D
Van Nostrand. 1981.
3. Rahman, I.U. and P.S. Sheikh, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering,
Krieger, 1981.
4. Graves, H.W., J r., Nuclear Fuel Management, J ohn Wiley, 1979
EE-544 INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR
REACTORS
Course Contents
Reactor kinetics; Transfer function; Overview of reactor systems; Safety;
Outcore sensors; Incore sensors; Process instrumentation; Signal conditioning;
Transfer function measurement systems; Control rod drives and indicating
systems; Power supplies; Installation of instrumentation systems; Quality
assurance and reliability; Protection systems; Instrumentation systems of
nuclear power plants.
Recommended Texts:
1. Nuclear Power Reactor Instrumentation System, Vol I & II, US
Atomic Energy Commission, 1985
2. Herrer, J . M., Rector Control Engineering, Van Nostrained Co., 1985
3. Scualtz, M. A., Control of Nuclear Rectors and Power Plants, McGraw
Hill International, 1961
4. Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants,
National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1997.
EE-554 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
Course Contents
Image processing fundamentals; Digital image enhancement techniques;
Digital image enhancement in the Frequency Domain; Digital image
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restoration; Color image processing, Wavelets and multi-resolution
processing; Morphological image processing; Image segmentation; Feature
extraction
Recommended Texts:
1. Gonzalez, R., and Woods, R. E., Digital Image Processing, Prentice
Hall, 2008.
2. Gonzalez, R., and Woods, R. E., Digital Image Processing Using
MATLAB, Prentice Hall, 2003.
3. Castleman, K. R., Digital Image Processing, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1996.
NE-555 NUCLEAR REACTOR ANALYSIS
Course Contents
Neutron slowing-down; Thermal neutron spectra; Neutron diffusion in non-
multiplying media; The one speed diffusion model of a nuclear reactor,
Criticality calculations for bare and reflected homogeneous systems; Effects
of heterogeneity reactor parameters; The multigroup diffusion method;
Numerical solution of multigroup diffusion model; Use of computational
codes for criticality calculation; The point reactor kinetics model;
Temperature and void coefficient of reactivity, Fuel depletion; Fission product
poisoning, Control rods; Introduction to neutron transport equation.
Recommended Texts
1. Duderstadt, J .J . and L.J . Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, J ohn
Wiley, 1976.
2. Lamarsh, J .R, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory, Addison-
Wesley, 1966.
3. Ott, K.O. and W.A. Bazella, Introductory Nuclear Reactor Statics,
American Nuclear Society, 1983.
4. Lamarsh, J .R, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, Addison-Wesley,
1983.
EE-601 CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN-II
Course Contents
Linear Continuous-Time State Space Models, Transformation of dynamical
systems into state-space, Similarity Transformations, Transfer Function to
State Space Representation, Controllability, reachability and Stabilizability,
Observability, reconstructability and Detectability, Canonical Decomposition,
Pole-Zero Cancellation and System Properties, Pole Assignment by State
Feedback; Design of servo systems; State Observers, Design of regulator
system with observers; design of control systems with observers; Quadratic
optimal regulator systems; Phase plane plots of linear systems, investigating
stability of linear system using Lyapunve techniques, Case studies
Recommended Texts:
1.Ogata, K., Modern Control Engineering, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 2009.
2.Dorf R. C., Modern Control Systems, 11th ed., Prentice Hall, 2010
3.Goodwin, G. C., Control System Design, Prentice Hall, 2000.
4.Slotine, J . J . and Li, W., Applied nonlinear control, Prentice Hall, 1991
5.T. Kailath, Linear Systems, Printice Hall, 1980

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EE-602 NONLINEAR CONTROL
Course Contents
Introduction to nonlinear control; nonlinear models and nonlinear phenomena,
limit cycles, bifurcation, etc., Type of nonlinearities, describing functions,
Phase-Plane Trajectories, Equilibrium points, Stability Definition, Lyapunov
stability; Input-output stability; feedback linearization; stability of perturbed
systems; feedback control; sliding mode control; Back-stepping; Pacification
and Passivity based control; High gain observers.
Recommended Texts:
1. Khalil, H., Nonlinear systems, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2000.
2. Slotine, J . J . and Li, W., Applied nonlinear control, Prentice Hall, 1991
3. Isidori, A. , Nonlinear Control Systems, 3rd edition, Springer, 1995.
4. Vidyasagar, M., Nonlinear Systems Analysis, 2nd edition, SIAM,
2002
EE-603 OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY
Course Contents
State-space representation of physical systems; Selection of a performance
measure; The optimal control law; The principle of optimality applied to the
optimal control problem; The calculus of variations; Necessary conditions of
optimal control; Linear regulator problems; Pontryagin's minimum principle
and state inequality constraints; Minimum time and minimum control effort
problems; Numerical determination of optimal control by the method of
steepest decent and by the method of variation of extremals.
Recommended Texts
1. Hull, D. G., Optimal Control Theory for Application, Springer, 2003
2. Naidu, D. S., Optimal Control Systems, CRC press, 2002
3. Kirk, D., Optimal Control Theory-An Introduction, Prentice- Hall,
1970
4. Lewis, F. L. and Syrmos, V. L., Optimal Control, J ohn Wiley and
Sons, 1995
EE-605 ROBUST CONTROL
Course Contents
Introduction of robust control problem; Limitation on performance; Analysis
of MIMO control loops; closed loop stability, frequency domain analysis,
Exploiting SISO techniques in MIMO control; completely decentralized
control, pairing of inputs and outputs, converting MIMO problems to SISO
problems. Poles and zeros of multivariable control systems; Internal stability;
Nyquist stability and Gershgorin bands; Principal gains for assessment of
performance and robustness; Limitation on performance MIMO systems;
Signals and systems norms and their use to assess robustness and
performance; Representation of uncertainty; Stability and performance
robustness; Loop failure and gain variation; LQG method for control design;
Youla parameterization; H-infinity Control; Mu analysis and synthesis; Model
reduction techniques; LMI based design.
Recommended Texts:
1. Maciejowski, J . J ., Multivariable feedback design, Addison-Wesley,
1991.
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2. Zhou K., Essentials of Robust Control, Prentice Hall, 1997.
3. Skogestad, S., Multivariable Feedback Control, 2nd edition, Wiley-
Interscience, 2005.
EE-606 ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Course Contents
Introduction to adaptive control; real time parameter estimation, deterministic
self tuning estimators, stochastic and predictive self tuning regulators, model
reference and adaptive systems, properties of adaptive systems, stochastic
adaptive control, auto tuning, gain scheduling, practical issues and
implementation.
Recommended Texts:
1. Astrom, K. J . and Wittenmark, B., Adaptive Control, 2nd edition,
Dover Publications, 2008
2. Ioannou P. and Fidan B., Adaptive Control Tutorial, SIAM, 2006.
EE-607 SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
Course Contents
Introduction; Overview of identification methods, areas of application,
mathematical models of linear dynamic systems and stochastic signals;
Identification of non-parametric models in the frequency domain; spectral
analysis methods for periodic and non-periodic signals, frequency response
measurement with non-periodic signals, frequency response measurement for
periodic test signal; Identification of non-parametric models with correlation
analysis; correlation analysis with continuous time models, correlation
analysis with discrete time models, Identification with parametric models;
least squares parameter estimation for static processes, least squares parameter
estimation for dynamic processes, modifications of the least squares parameter
estimation, Bayes and maximum likelihood methods, parameter estimation for
time-variant processes, parameter estimation in closed-loop, Identification
with parametric models; parameter estimation for frequency responses,
parameter estimation for differential equations and continuous time processes,
subspace methods, Identification of multi-variable systems; parameter
estimation for MIMO systems, Identification of non-linear systems; parameter
estimation for non-linear systems, state and parameter estimation by Kalman
filtering.
Recommended Texts:
1. Isermann, R. and Mnchhof, M., Identification of Dynamic
Systems: An Introduction with Applications, Springer, 2010.
2. Raol J . R., Girija G. and Singh, J ., Modelling and Parameter
Estimation of Dynamic Systems, Institution of Engineering and
Technology, 2004.
3. J uang, J . N., Applied System Identification, Prentice Hall, 1993.
EE-612 FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND TOLERANT CONTROL
Course Contents
Importance of the subject; some basic concepts; fault, failure, fault detection,
fault isolation, fault identification, modeling of faults in technical systems;
Classification of fault detection techniques; hardware redundancy based,
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signal based, analytical model based, qualitative model based, Residual
generation techniques; observer based approaches, parity space approach,
parameter identification based approach, Residual evaluation and threshold
computation; Norm based methods, statistical methods, integration of norm
based and statistical methods, Integrated design of fault detection systems;
Fault isolation schemes; Fault identification schemes; Fault tolerant control;
architecture, control reconfiguration for sensor and actuator failures, fault
tolerant H1 control, handling of fault recovery transients.
Recommended Texts:
1. Ding S. X., Model-based fault diagnosis Techniques, Design
Schemes, Algorithms, and Tools. Springer, 2008.
2. Blanke M., Kinnaert M., Lunze J ., and Staroswiecki M., Diagnosis
and Fault Tolerant Control. 2nd ed, Springer, 2010.
3. Chen J . and R. Patton R. J ., Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis
for Dynamic Systems. Bosten, MA: Kluwer, 1999.
4. Isermann, R., Fault-Diagnosis Applications: Model-Based
Condition Monitoring: Actuators, Drives, Machinery, Plants,
Sensors, and Fault-tolerant Systems, Springer, 2011
EE-614 COMPUTER VISION
Course Contents
Basic Optics and Radiometry; Geometric Image Formation; Segmentation: K-
means, EM Clustering, Mean shift, Image Watershed, Active Snakes, Level
Sets, Graph Cuts; Bilateral Filtering; Anisotropic Diffusion; Texture Analysis;
Representation and Description of regions; Shape Analysis; Feature tracking;
Projective Geometry; Camera Calibration; Structure from stereo; Structure
from Motion; Kalman Filtering and Tracking; Image Registration.
Recommended Texts:
1. Szeliski, R., Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications,
Springer, 2010.
2. Gonzalez, R., and Woods, R. E., Digital Image Processing,
Prentice Hall, 2008
3. Goshtasby, A., 2-D and 3-D image registration for medical,
remote sensing, and industrial applications, J ohn Wiley and
Sons, 2005
4. Trucco, E., and Verri, A., Introductory Techniques for 3-D
Computer Vision, Prentice Hall, 1998.
EE-615 ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING
Course Contents
Introduction to discrete-time signal processing and random processes;
Optimum linear filters: Wiener filter; linear prediction; Kalman filter; Linear
adaptive filters: Steepest-descent algorithm, LMS algorithm and its variants;
Frequency domain adaptive filters; Method of least squares and RLS
algorithm, tracking of time varying systems; Analysis of adaptive algorithms:
learning curve, convergence, stability, excess mean square error, mis-
adjustment; Applications of adaptive signal processing: Adaptive modeling
and system identification, inverse adaptive modeling, deconvolution and
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equalization, adaptive interference cancelling; cancelling noise, cancelling
periodic interference, cancelling interference in ECG signals, etc.
Recommended Texts
1. Haykin, S., Adaptive Filter Theory, 4
th
ed., Prentice-Hall, 2002.
2. Farhang-Boroujeny, B., Adaptive Filters: Theory and Applications,
J ohn Wiley, 1998.
3. Widrow, B., and Stearns, S. D., Adaptive Signal Processing, Prentice-
Hall, 1985.
EE-616 INDUSTRIAL DRIVES
Course Contents
Introduction: Drives Introduction, Dynamics of Electrical Drives, Concept of
Multi-Quadrant Operation, Selection of Motor Power Rating; Phase
Controlled Dc Machines Drives: DC Motor Modeling, Equivalent Circuits
Phase Control Dc Motor Drive Basics, Steady State Analysis Modeling,
Controller Design, Harmonics Control; Chopper Controlled Dc Motor Drives:
Basic Operation, Steady State Analysis, Closed Loop Operation; Induction
Motor & Phase Controlled Drives: Dynamic Modeling, Stator-Voltage
Control, Sip Control, Closed Loop Control, Harmonic Torques; Frequency
Controlled Induction Motor Drives: Voltage Source Inverter, Speed Control
Constant Volts/Hz Control, Constant Slip Speed Control, Constant Air Gap
Flux Control, Torque Pulsations & Harmonics Control, Field Weakling
Operation; Permanent Magnet Synchronous & Brushless Dc Motor Drives:
Introduction to Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines, Control Strategies,
Flux Weakening Operation, Speed Controlled Design, PM Brushless Drive
Basics, Half Wave PM Brushless Drive, Design of Current And Speed
Controllers; Stepping Motors: Introduction, Principle of Motor Operation,
Motor Characteristics, Steady State Characteristics, Drive Circuits & Pull Out
Torque-Speed Curves, Transient Performance.
Recommended Texts:
1. Ion Boldea , Syed A. Nasar, Electric Drives, CRC, 2nd
Edition,2005
2. R.KRISHNAN, Electric Motor Drives Modeling, Analysis and
Control , Prentice Hall,2001
3. Hughes, Electric Motors & Drives , Newnes; 3rd Edition, 2005
4. Bimal K, Power Electronics And Motor Drives: Advances and
Trends , Academic Press , 2006
5. J MD Murphy & FG Turnbull, Power Electronic Control of AC
Motors, Pergamon Press, 1990.
EE-618 ROBOT STRUCTURES, SENSING and PERCEPTION
Course Contents
Structures: Introduction to power transmission methods in Robotics; Wheel
Vehicles Suspensions and drive trains; tracked vehicles suspensions and drive
trains; Walkers, Crawler; Grippers; Sensing and Perception: Tactile Sensors,
Inertial Sensors, Ranging Sensors, Vision Sensing and Visual Servoing,
Multisensor Data Fusion.
Recommended Texts:
1. Paul Sandin, Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Illustrated, 1
st

Edition, McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2003.
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2. ThomasBraunl,EmbeddedRobotics:MobileRobotDesignand
ApplicationswithEmbeddedSystems,Springer,2003.
3. Neil Sclater and Nicholas Chironis, Mechanisms and Mechanical
Devices Sourcebook, 4
th
Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006.
4. B. Siciliano and O. Khatib (Eds.), Handbook of Robotics, Springer,
2008.
EE-620 Mobile Robot Task Planning
Course Contents
Trajectory and path planning; cell decomposition, roadmaps, potential fields
and navigation functions; kinematic and dynamic constraints; holonomic/non-
holonomic vehicles constraints; behaviour based navigation, representations,
architectures and models; evolutionary navigation, conditional planning for
uncertain situations and task graphs, probabilistic planning methods; SLAM
algorithms; Case Study: Programming in player/stage for different mobile
robot mechanisms.
Recommended Texts
1. H. Choset, K. M. Lynch, S. Hutchinson, G. Kantor, W. Burgard, L.
E. Kavraki and S. Thrun, Principles of Robot Motion: Theory,
Algorithms, and Implementations, MIT Press, Boston, 2005.
2. Ronald C. Arkin, Behaviour based Robotics, The MIT Press, 1998.
3. S. Thrun, W. Burgard and D. Fox, Probabilistic Robotics, The MIT
Press, 2005.
4. J ean-Paul Laumond (Editor), Robot Motion Planning and Control,
Springer, 1998.
EE-625 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - II
This is a course on advanced topics not already covered in the syllabus. The
special paper may be conducted as a lecture course or as an independent study
course. The topic and contents of the course must be approved by the faculty.
EE-697 M.Sc. THESIS RESEARCH
In fourth semester as a subject and fifth semester in full, student will study
some system engineering related problem. He may join some on-going
research program or initiate a new program in close cooperation with a faculty
member. The faculty member will instruct, supervise, and grade the conduct
of this study with the student. He is charged with the primary responsibility of
reporting the grade based on the evaluation of the performance of the fellows.
He may be aided in the process of evaluation by a committee to be appointed
by Rector, PIEAS. A report and seminar are to be given by the student before
the end of the semester. The nature of the project may be research,
development or design may involve experimental or computational work or
combination of these. The student shall write a comprehensive report and shall
deliver at least one seminar shall also be used in the overall evaluation of the
student. Normally this project is to be completed in full time work for one
semester. However, if supervisor(s) feel that more time is needed for the
satisfactory completion of the project, the duration may be extended beyond
the end of semester.